Team Great Britain has finished Paris 2024 with 65 medals, beating their total from Tokyo by one.
The number is tied for the third-highest for Team GB at a single Games, behind Rio 2016 (67 medals) and London 1908 (146). It also ties to the team’s medal haul from London 2012.
However, GB received eight fewer golds in Tokyo than in three years. GB’s lowest finish since Athens 2004 came from only seventh in the medal table, which comprised 14 golds. This is so because the gold medals won are arranged in the official medal table.
Team GB did an outstanding job in the Paris Olympics. However, Great Britain was Third in London, second in Rio, and fourth in Tokyo. This year, they are in seventh place, a decrease compared with the previous Olympics.
When the medal table is re-evaluated based on the total medals won rather than the number of golds, Team GB’s performance takes on a more positive light. They are placed in third position based on the total number of medals won. This approach to ranking is not new, as the US media has been using it for years, and it provides a more comprehensive view of a team’s performance.
GB has won gold medals in Athletics, Sports climbing, Trampoline, Sailing, Shooting, Triathlon, Equestrian, Swimming, and cycling. UK Sport awarded £245,837,685 of funding for the Paris Olympic cycle.
This means that each GB medal cost, on average, £3,782,118. Cycling received £29,314,683, the most funding for any sport, followed by rowing (£23,794,482) and sailing (£22,800,520). Most GB medalists have come from London.
The average age of British medalists was 27 years and three months. The youngest winner was 16-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown. The oldest was 57-year-old dressage rider Carl Hester, who proved age is just a number.
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